TUSCLAOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama Gymnastics team is ranked fifth nationally this week and faces No. 3 Florida this Friday in Coleman Coliseum for its fourth top-10 opponent in the month of February and third in the top-5.
In addition the Crimson Tide and the Gators, four other Southeastern Conference teams are ranked in the nation’s top-12 with Georgia coming in at No. 1, LSU at No. 8, Arkansas at No. 11 and Auburn at No. 12. Utah (No. 2) and Michigan (No. 4 ) round out the top five this week. The rankings are calculated by regional qualifying score at this point in the season, a formula that takes a team’s top three road scores, it’s next highest three scores, drops the high score and averages the remaining five.
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